18 months

on january 4, calvin turned 18 months.

we celebrated with some yummy pancakes and let c blow out a candle - a current fav activity of his.

at 18 months:

weight 22 lbs 6 oz - 25%
height 32 inches - 30%

we also had his cardiology follow up where his ekg and chest x-ray came back normal.

they still think it is a vsd, but want to wait until he is bigger to sedate him for an echo.

he went to his first day of nursery on sunday!

not going to lie, i was pretty gitty walking into sunday school without him. 

he marched right in there and jumped on the slide.

josh stayed with him for a little while, and we both spied on him numerous times.

lil man kicking his legs as he sat on his chair during singing time...

the best was watching him take the cup of water during snack time and dump it right in his lap... he's never used a real cup by himself before.

he let out a nice ah-oh. 

as the leader went to get some paper towels, my cover outside the door was blown.

'muhmaa!' as his waved.

i went in and helped dry him off. he gave me a little hug and gabbered about something.

i gave him a kiss, thanked him for being good and said bye bye.

the last look i saw was a giant pout, as i shut the door.

i stood outside for a second, and didn't hear him cry, so i headed into rs.

anyways, it was a fun day.

i hope he continues to do this well in nursery.

latest words:

ah-oh, cowww (cal spoken in a whisper), hi, buh bye, popo (grandpa), hot, brrr (cold), cheese, juice, geege (george)

latest signs:

please- as he says peese

sad- whenever he hears another baby/kid cry he goes 'ah-oh' and signs sad

he is very much obsessed with his dadah right now.

asks for him all day, follows him around everywhere. loves to wrestle and play with him.

he has started calling out 'dadah!' every morning when he wakes up instead of crying.

he has fallen in love with a certain curious george - 

and mom doesn't mind the free 12 min episodes on the pbs kids ap.. 

its the perfect amount of time for me to get ready, or pack up the diaper bag/car, or chop up things for dinner.

he loves to dance around kicking his little leggies and clapping his hands:

he is becoming more and more attached to his binkies and babas.

i'm dreading the day i have to take them away.. not sure the best way to do it, but i know i need to soon.

have we mentioned that this boy loves basketball?

getting him a hoop for christmas was the best decision ever.

he plays with it all day long.

not sure how he learned it, but he has great form too.

 

after he makes a basket, he gets the cutest expression on his face:

you can tell he's proud of himself, but a little reserved about showing it.

(o and that carpet burn above his lip? from his fall down the stairs - seriously so sad!)

recently, josh taught him how to shoot from on top of the ottoman.

he will take every ball he owns and line them up on the ottoman, climb up and shoot them.

then he politely asks whines while saying please until we gather up his balls and give them back to him.

he had one bad night the week before christmas.

when i checked on him before i went to sleep, i smelt this awful stench!

he had thrown up all over the place and was laying in it groaning.

i called for josh and grabbed my baby.

he clung to me quietly, as i took him into the bathroom to get him cleaned up.

he then threw up down my arms and into the tub.

i couldn't help but cry as my baby kept looking at me with tear-filled eyes and a pouty lip in between gags and chokes.

that is the worst feeling, and i was so sad for him.
hours and laundry loads later, he finally fell asleep and rested well the rest of the night.

he woke up happy and seemed to feel fine the next day.

i was so grateful to have josh's help that night.

he was so good to jump in and change sheets, or rock/read to cal.

 i've got myself a great man...

 and the sweetest baby.
i'd be fine if he stays 18 months forever.

christmas 2012

this past christmas was one for the record books.

full of family.

spoiled by gifts.

brightened by the pure joy of our baby boy.

lots of snow.

lots of traveling.

all a reminder of the joy another baby boy brought to the world thousands of years ago.

...

we started the festivities with bingo night at the chelser's.

cal had a great time playing with grace, and wanted her play-doh set more than the awesome train set he was given.

 that night we did our scott family games and devotional,

and had a fun sleepover.

christmas morning was a blast with the boys. 

see some videos here.

then we headed to the asay's for yummy waffles and presents.

before long, it was nap time for everyone..

we spent the rest of our vacation spending time with family,

scott cousin christmas party-ing,

volley-balling,

basket-balling, 

playing canasta,
eating yummies,
provo beach resort-ing,

and trying to get sleep and laundry done in-between.

christmas videos

here's a little sample of our most favorite christmas ever.

the second video is the real winner.

christmas morning 1 from Whitney Asay on Vimeo.

opening his present from Whitney Asay on Vimeo.

125.

making ginger snaps

125 days till d-day.

less than 18 weeks.

this pregnancy has been zooming by.

baby port is almost a foot long now, and weighs over a pound.

and i am pretty sure that pound of cute baby flesh is taking over my stomach space because i get full really fast, and hungry again even faster.

i heard somewhere that the more sweets you crave during pregnancy, the sweeter your baby will be. 

well he is definitely going to be the sweetest thing around.

i think he is already getting used to being wrestled by cal, because c is oblivious to momma's growing belly and the extra space it needs.

i am having a hard time staying off my back while sleeping (in our glorious new bed, i might add), but i am still sleeping pretty well.

the worst part of my night is waking up around 5 am with a full bladder and a growling tummy.

it is so hard to get out of my comfortable warm bed.

before the quilt came.

moving on to the bed.

josh and i went out on black friday and got ourselves a new bedroom set.

merry christmas to us!

i don't think either of us had slept well for months prior.

we love the new furniture and feel grown up living in a fancy room,

not to mention, the mattress is so comfy, and there is plenty of room.

pure. heaven.

we found a great deal on a gorgeous quilt, and now are on the hunt for the perfect pillows and curtains.

mr. calvin joshua is still mesmerized by basketballs, and recently chose to watch a michael jordan documentary over lightening mcqueen in cars.

he has also started playing 'pretend' more - 

sharing his binky or crackers with stuffed animals, and making eating noises for them,

flying his airplanes, or 'vrooming' his cars.

he also learned how to say cheese when i take his picture:

yummy pomegranate smoothie monster